St Helens College | 2024 School Leavers' Prospectus

Your happiness, success and education is all that matters to us. Online, face-to-face, with friends or trained professionals, wewill be therewhen you need us. Fromhelping you to prepare for employment, to providing support in the classroom, we are dedicated to helping you succeed. Careers Advice and Guidance We offer free, confidential and impartial careers advice and guidance to help you understand how to progress towards your dreamcareer. This can be anything fromfinding the right course, CV and personal statement support to job searching and interview techniques to helpwith UCAS applications. Unifrog Progress Coaches Library Team Our skilled and supportive staff can guide and assist youwhether you need help finding a book, printing a document or navigating your way through the online library. We have a substantial collection of learning resources to support your studies. Our 24/7 library of online databases, journals and ebooks means that you can study at home or anywhere in theworld (as well as on campus) at a time to suit you. Unifrog helps students find their future by bringing together all the available information into one, impartial, user-friendly platform. The platformsupports students to make the best choices and submit the strongest applications. Visit www.sthelens.ac.uk/unifrog. Students will be allocated a Progress Coach (PC) to guide and support them tomaximise their opportunities to successfully achieve their programme of study, help them to achieve the best grades they can and support them tomake positive progress to the next stage of study or employment. Supporting You 14 The following support is available to you: Assessment of individual needs (including examaccess arrangements) Liaisonwith local authorities, examboards and course tutors One-to-one skills development tutorials In-class support fromLearning Support Assistants Access to specialist equipment Communication support for British Sign Language and Sign Supported English users Assistancewith any personal care and healthcare needs Mobility assistance For more information about the support available to you, please get in touchwith the teambelow: Additional LearningSupport Our friendly and experienced Learner Support Teamwill work with you, your family, carers/guardians and your tutors to ensure you reach your full potential and achieve your career aspirations. The teamwill provide recommendations based on your individual requirements/ Educational Health Care Plan to support you during your time at St Helens College. Anne Telephone: 01744 623260 Email: aignatius@sthelens.ac.uk Hannah Telephone: 01744 623124 Email: hhoughton@sthelens.ac.uk Learner Support Manager Shelagh Telephone: 01744 623124 Email: sjmarchetto@sthelens.ac.uk Carol Telephone: 01744 623263 Email: cwhittle@sthelens.ac.uk Specialist Support Tutors EHCP Co-ordinator Visit www.sthelens.ac.uk/learnersupport for more information 15